CHAPTER VI. 



Molmrrum — Syed Jaffer All Shah — Murseeahs — Procession — Dool- 

 Dool — Chanting of Women — Gallantries of Hindoo Ladies — 

 Eloquence of Syed Mehr-i-Durrya Shah — Mourning Garments 

 — Mortifying the Flesh — Hyderabad Puthan Pight — Sindhian 

 Superstitions — Magicians — Magic Mirror— The Meer Moonshee 

 — Science of Hazirat — "Wasps discover Pilferers — Evil Spirits 

 around a Sick Bed — A Wounded Prince — Amusements during 

 Convalescence. 



Twenty days after the Buckreed, commences 

 the month MohmTum, on the first day of which 

 moon begins a festival, which amongst the 

 Shiah Mahomedans is one of deep mom:ning, 

 whilst the Soonees of Hindoostan make it a 

 scene of mummery and sport. As my readers 

 may like to knoAV what this festival is, I give 

 the following slight sketch of it. 



The Mahomedans of Khyrpoor, indeed the 

 Sindhi Mahomedans generally, profess to be 

 Soonees, but their practices at this festival seem 

 more in accordance with those of the Sliiah 



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